Report: YouTube set to start filtering content
Google unit will use technology from Audible Magic to root out pirated content, newspaper says.
February 23 2007: 8:59 AM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google Inc. is poised to begin filtering videos from its popular video Web site YouTube in an effort to root out pirated content, according to a report published Friday.
Google (Charts) will rely on the technology of fellow Silicon Valley firm Audible Magic, The Mercury News reported Friday.
The news comes a day after Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told Reuters that the company would offer anti-piracy technologies "very soon" but he declined to give a specific timeframe.
The technology employed by Google would compare the audio fingerprint of a video to a large database of copyrighted material to determine if the material is pirated, the paper reported.